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 in Thy Divine Word, in Thy kingdom, as the life of heaven, and as the life of the world. Thou, the essential love, art !—the only, and , Thy ang ! May that Name be magnified throughout the world! O hasten the accomplishment of the propheey, we beseech Thee, when mankind shall universally acknowledge that there is and  is the.

Into Thy hands, our only Lord and Saviour, we surrender our souls. Amen.

Our Father, etc.

LORD Jesus Christ, Thou art the true Light which enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world. Unto Thee, therefore, we turn our eyes, now that the returning light hath blessed them. O cause us, we beseech Thee, to behold Thy loving-kindness this morning, even as we behold Thy faithfulness every night. In Thee, O Lord, is our hope and confidence, we wait upon Thee for the renewal of our returning strength.

With the returning light of day, new duties devolve upon us, and we require new strength to enable us to accomplish them. Help us, we beseech Thee, that what Thy word has declared may be fulfilled in us: "They who wait upon the Lord, shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eugles: they shall run and not be weary: they shall walk and not faint." O let this gracious promise experience fulfilment in this family, who now kneel in Thy presence. Shed upon us Thy holy influences from on high, that they may surround us as with a spiritual atmosphere, and keep us from the contamination of evil. May Thy love warm our hearts with heavenly goodness. May Thy goodness be felt as the animating principle of our existence, as the generating heat that shall send forth a stream of light into our understandings, and cause them to be brought under the guidance of Thy Divine wisdom.

O God of love, let the showers of Thy truth descend upon the thirsty soil of our minds, so that, by softening them, we may with greater hope break up our fallow land, and prepare our understandings for the reception of the seeds of truth, which may be nurtured into plants fit to grow in the garden of God. Hear us, O Lord Jesns Christ, and answer us for Thy name and mercy sake. Amen.

Our Father, etc.

{{c|WEDNESDAY EVENING.

{{di|O}0 THOU whose ears are ever open to the petitions of Thy creatures, we

cry unto Thee; this evening we appear at Thy footstool, and, 0 Lord, from this our family altar, let our prayers as evening sacrifice ascend into Thine ears; hearken unto usa and auswer us, we besedch Thee, for great is Thy merey.

We have walked before Thee this day; but how imperfectly. O Lord. Thou knowest. Our best efforts have been beclouded by imperfection, and we have felt within us the working of those corruptions which are ever